Liquor, a common Chinese word, was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. The original meaning refers to alcoholic beverages fermented with starch or sugary substances such as grains and fruits, and can also be extended to a verb to refer to drinking.
"Unitary" is the original word of "wine". Unitary, Oracle Bone Inscriptions refers to the word, which is shaped like an urn. A wine basket "two-shaped" extends into the jar, and the symbol "-"in the jar indicates wine liquid. When the original meanings of "unitary" and "can" disappeared, Oracle Bone Inscriptions added "water shape" to emphasize the liquid nature of drinks in cans. Jinwen basically inherited the Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph.
The words from Oracle Bone Inscriptions to Xiao Zhuan are water, unitary and unitary, meaning wine. Yi Kun: "Trapped in wine and food, Zhu Zhifang comes." Used as a verb to drink. "Doing Everything in the Woods": "People who drink often lose their virginity."
The chemical composition of liquor is ethanol, which generally contains a small amount of fusel alcohols and esters. The concentration of edible liquor is generally below 60 degrees (that is, 60%) (a few are above 60 degrees). After fractionation, liquor is purified to be more than 75% medical alcohol and more than 99.5% anhydrous alcohol. Wine is made from fermented grains.
Harm of drinking alcohol
1, Death: Alcohol will inhibit the respiratory center of the brain, leading to respiratory arrest. In addition, it may have a fatal effect on lowering blood sugar by inhibiting the decomposition of liver glycogen.
2. Malabsorption syndrome causes various vitamin deficiencies, which indirectly leads to various nervous system injuries.
3, liver injury: fat accumulation in the liver causes fatty liver.
4, gastric ulcer: can cause gastric bleeding and life-threatening.
5, nervous system damage: such as peripheral neuropathy.
6. Cerebral cortex atrophy: It is reported that some chronic alcoholics have cerebral cortex atrophy, and some patients have signs of mental decline.
7. Alcohol fetal syndrome group: the metabolism and excretion of alcohol in the fetus are slow, causing harm to the developing fetus.